The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, December 04, 2008

OPINION

POLITICS: Goodbye, Mr Chidambaram
For the last five years I have deliberately not written about the former Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram. But now that he is gone from the Finance Ministry — forever, perhaps — it seems right that one should make amends, not ...

EDITORIAL: Now, for a stimulus
Recently, the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, reiterated what he has been saying the last few years — that India needs to invest around $500 billion in “economic and social infrastructure”. Two years ago, in October 2006, ...

ACCOUNTANCY: Let adrenalin rule
Adrenalin is a fight or flight hormone. It makes one either cantankerous for the nonce or make one take to one’s heels. In the past, economists have recommended fiscal stimulus to boost a sagging economy. The Government, at ...

INTERVIEW: ‘IT can help create a national intelligence grid’
Infosys co-Chairman Nandan Nilekani says the Mumbai terror incidents have reinforced the need for a national intelligence grid with real-time mapping of information. IT companies can really help in this, he ...

INTERVIEW: Critical factors for pruning costs
Pulling down the cost line for immediate gain by skipping some quality control measures can be fatal.. Volatility is inherent in the present global financial system and it is going to stay, observes Mr Siddhartha Sen, a Kolkata-based cost ...

INTERVIEW: Proactive M&A approach foreseen
Rapid expansion-led M&A will be replaced by boards and CEOs focusing on reassessing the core versus non-core businesses, attempting to create a differentiated position in the market and also to achieve economies of scale.. Given the current lull ...

AUDITING: Careful auditors
Ubiquitous as they are, auditors have been witness to winds of change since the beginning of this century, thanks to some unimaginable scams and the tendency of some entities to overdo things leading them towards ...

BOOKS: Focus on controls that treat risks
How is RBIA (risk-based internal audit) different from internal audit? “Although traditional internal audit concentrates on riskier areas of the organisation, its approach is based on its own assessment of risk… RBIA ensures that ...

LETTERS: Civil disobedience
Mahatma Gandhi started on the peaceful path of a civil disobedience movement by educating people on the non-payment of tax to drive away the British without any arms or ammunition. I fully endorse the views recently expressed in TV by a ...

LETTERS: Financial prudence
This refers to the article “Tighten your purse strings” (Business Line, ...

Columnists: • C Gopinath • Harish Bijoor • G Chandrasekhar • S Muralidharan • Sharad Joshi • Mohan Murti • S Balakrishnan • Bharat Savur • B S Raghavan • Ganesh Challa • Bhanoji Rao • Swati • T Banusekar • Ramanujam Sridhar • Ranbir Ray Choudhury • P.V. Indiresan • P Devarajan • S Muralidhar • R K Raghavan • B Venkatesh

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